Hackney play centre for disabled children is burgled eight times in year

 
4 May 2012
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A play centre which counts David Cameron, Liz Hurley and Elton John among its patrons has been targeted by burglars eight times in a year.

Kids Adventure Playground in Hackney, where most of the children are disabled or have learning difficulties, has been repeatedly ransacked by intruders.

Parents of the nearly 200 children who use the centre said today they were sickened by the attacks.

Mother Amanda Elliot, 47, whose 13-year-old autistic son Calum has attended since he was five, said: “Why would anyone want to damage a playground for disabled kids?”

Manager Claira Scott-Gray said: “The children see the police coming in and it makes some of them quite anxious — they know ‘baddies’ have been at their playground.”

Anyone with information can email Ann.S.Brundrit@met.police.uk, or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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